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  1. Re:He's full of it on Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Departments Look Like In 5 Years? · · Score: 1

    Anywhere I've ever been I left IMAP and POP3 on. That way users can choose whatever they like.

  2. He's full of it on Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Departments Look Like In 5 Years? · · Score: 1

    Because not for anything if you want to use Outlook to get you gmail it's simple as gmail does IMAP! The horrors! Pretty easy to setup on my phone too. And I'm an older I.T. worker.

  3. In my experience on Google Patents Frowns and Winks To Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 1

    I've been dealing with databases for near 20 years now. From Btrieve to dbase, to MS-SQL, Oracle, Postgres and my fave MySQL. SQL itself has a fairly simple syntax, it's the combinations of data from multiple tables that can get interesting, plus using sub-selects to do data analysis etc.

    As to what accessed those databases it's everything from IIS server to Apache and even MS Access. That first and the latter requires a bit of understanding about database privileges and ODBC. Privileges kick in at the field, row and even table level.

    Just study one of the open source database platforms like MySQL. That should get you in the door.

  4. One thing to try on Ask Slashdot: Supporting "Antique" Software? · · Score: 1

    Is see if the PLC manufacturer supports newer hardware/software. I went through this in a few places. Ancient systems in place to do a specific function.

    But where I could I replaced them with more modern hardware and software. Sometimes I'd have to write the software myself but it got done.

  5. Cripes this is ridiculous on New York City Wants To Revive Old Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    RI went paper ballot over 30 years ago. All you do is mark up the ballot then feed it to the scanner. Couldn't be easier. The only time it gets interesting is when we have a ballot like that we had in the 2012 election. There was a federal, state, city, and then referendum ballot and they were printed on BOTH sides. That confused a lot of people.

  6. All you need on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    Is a minimum of Algebra I, maybe some Trig and Geometry. Otherwise not much. Calculus is NOT required.

  7. AAV therapy on Gene Therapy May Protect Against Flu · · Score: 2

    I've known about this for a year or so. Friend of mine is a scientist working on testing cancer treatments using rats and mice.

    She told me they introduce the genetic changes mostly through those adeno viruses. But this is pretty cool - you could have complete herd immunity in something you could buy over the counter.

  8. Makes sense on Hospital Resorts To Cameras To Ensure Employees Wash Hands · · Score: 1

    All hospitals should encourage high level contamination and infection control procedures. All staff gloved/masked, etc. You'd stop 99.999% of the transmission of infection right there.

  9. Re:A few things to watch out for on Ask Slashdot: Wiring Home Furniture? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah - I've had an extension cord rated for 20A break down at 15A draw. So even the rating is a little suspect.

  10. Re:Easy on Ask Slashdot: Wiring Home Furniture? · · Score: 1

    Well - then you just build a GFCI into the thing and call it a day.

    Personally I'd think a 20VDC outlet would satisfy power needs for most laptops out there. Or if you wanted to be really safe, require laptops to run on 5VDC. Then you could just use a USB style charger. Granted you'd have to up the current limit.

  11. But the thing that has been amply demonstrated on Of 1000 Americans Polled, Most Would Ban Home Printing of Guns · · Score: 1

    Is once the genie is out of the box, it's neigh impossible to get it back INTO the box. And legislation never helps.

  12. Start building anti-aircraft weaponry on Drones: Coming Soon To the New Jersey Turnpike? · · Score: 1

    I'm talking HERF here. Pretty hard to do EMI protection when you lack a real ground. Just fry the communications on the things and they'll cease to be a useful tool to the pigs that run them.

  13. My iPod Touch on iTunes: Still Slowing Down Windows PCs After All These Years · · Score: 1

    Has been a frozen device for some time. I now use DoubleTwist on my Android phone instead. Plus I use AirSync so I can just sling my iTunes content to the phone over WiFi.

  14. Re: Man on English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language · · Score: 1

    The Catholic Church has been an embarrassment for some time now. I mean, covering up all the pedophile priests shot their credibility to shit.

    And there are a number of Vatican bank scandals that are regularly unfolding. For example, one little known fact is that the Vatican itself has been running under serious deficits for nearly a decade now.

  15. Re:Imagine what this tech will do for on Beer Drone Delivery Service For South African Music Festival · · Score: 1

    Yep - pretty cool thing to work out isn't it? Of course the system could be hacked.

  16. Imagine what this tech will do for on Beer Drone Delivery Service For South African Music Festival · · Score: 1

    Take out food of all sorts. Pizza deliveries, Chinese food, Japanese food, Indian Food, Italian food flown to your doorstep.

  17. or just shop smartly on Is Buying an Extended Warranty Ever a Good Idea? · · Score: 1

    I've got an older Android phone. It's been dropped, kicked, etc. Screen is still fully intact with no scratches and the phone works just fine. No reason to buy extended warranties on it.

    It's funny - several years ago when I bought two new laptops I got the standard warranty on mine, and the 2 year on the other. Within six months the motherboard on the second died and they had to warranty replace it.

    A lot of the failure in modern electronics is related to el crapo capacitors. For example, I got a refurbed HD set. Year and a half later set won't power on. Power supply - replaced it and all works well again.

  18. The problem is on CSS Selectors as Superpowers · · Score: 1

    That CSS is not programming at all. It's layout design.

  19. So would that mean on Condensation On Your Beer != Good · · Score: 1

    Leaving it in a salted ice medium in a cooler is bad for it too? It can get pretty wet that way.

  20. Back in 2006 on Most Companies Will Require You To Bring Your Own Mobile Device By 2017 · · Score: 1

    I worked for a state office where the I.T. staff were all issued cell phones. They were issued because we had it set up to broadcast texts to us when something went wrong. A new administration comes in and the first thing they do is confiscate all cell phones.

    I casually mention to our advance guy that all the notifications for server issues go out to said cell phones. We had them back the next day.

  21. Re:Those who would trade a bit of freedom... on Study: Limiting Bidding On Spectrum Could Cost Billions · · Score: 1

    You really need to read up on Ma Bell. She innovated one thing used in everything we have today - the transistor. They perfected the laser, and in case you're wondering, most technological wonders take about 20 years from discover to deployment. The same is true of the tech we use today.

  22. Re:Those who would trade a bit of freedom... on Study: Limiting Bidding On Spectrum Could Cost Billions · · Score: 1

    Thing is, most of the innovation in radio we saw happened BEFORE the FCC was created. The FCC has done everything it can to stifle innovation.

    Look at the old Ma Bell - when she was a fully integrate and heavily regulated entity she made tons of money and innovated like all hell. Granted, a lot of the innovation was to maximize profit but it was the research done by them that kind of kicked off all we have today.

    Now the game is extracting maximum REVENUE. Not cute.

  23. Re:Those who would trade a bit of freedom... on Study: Limiting Bidding On Spectrum Could Cost Billions · · Score: 1

    Nope - not as a private company. What everyone has to realize is this, a private company is under no delusion that they have to even bother to look at the curves to figure out pricing. They just charge what the traffic will bear and maximize profit.

    We need to do TWO things to get this under control again. First, modify the 14th amendment and insert an exception that excludes a corporate entity from rights granted an animate entity.

    Then change the FCC - take out the corporate insiders who make up it's board and replace them with qualified technical and engineering folks. Then what they should do is as I've said earlier in another post, move all broadband and cell services into COMMON CARRIER status.

    We'd be a different country.

  24. Re:Those who would trade a bit of freedom... on Study: Limiting Bidding On Spectrum Could Cost Billions · · Score: 1

    I'm a heavy data user - on MetroPCS of course. $100 a month for two phones. Fairly reasonable in my opinion and I find Metro is actually still building out their 4G network. And of course I'll be a T-Mobile customer next year since they absorbed Metro and I'll be paying $150 a month for the SAME FUCKING THING.

  25. Re:Those who would trade a bit of freedom... on Study: Limiting Bidding On Spectrum Could Cost Billions · · Score: 1

    Almost all cities have no privatized parking enforcement for some time now. It's pretty funny to watch the parking goons, they walk like they're tough guys. It got to the point that we rocked the city forward and got overnight parking passes. It's $100 a year and the period each day is only from 2AM to 5AM. So if you calculate it out - 1,095 hours so it breaks down to about 9 cents an hour.